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Character building for series workshop, Granite Noir 2021
2021

Description Characters are the driving force in any story, even more so when you’re planning out a series featuring a recurring cast. How do you create characters that capture readers’ imaginations — and that will sustain a series of novels? In this bespoke workshop for Granite Noir, novelist and creative writing tutor David (D. V.) Bishop explores different ways to conceive and build a character that lasts. How much do you need to know about your characters before you start writing? And how much should you share with readers?
Research Areas Literature
Education
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Literature and Writing
URL https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/all-shows/granite-noir-workshop-character-building-for-series-writers-with-dv-bishop/4228

Guest editor for Writing in Practice: The Journal of Creative Writing Research
2021 - 2021

Description One of three guest editors for the 2021/22 issue of Writing in Practice: The Journal of Creative Writing Research [ISSN 2058-5535].
Research Areas Literature
Education
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Literature and Writing

Scottish Field podcast
2021

Description The second episode of the Scottish Field podcast sees web editor and podcast host Kenny Smith speak with author David Bishop about his new novel, City of Vengeance, which has recently been released. David's book was completed with the assistance of the Scottish Book Trust, which saw him spending time in France to write it.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Literature and Writing
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KEpWMTvyNg3JwCtXThuYQ

Crime Fiction Friday podcast
2021

Description Murder, power and intrigue in Renaissance Florence is the name of the game in the novel City of Vengeance. David Bishop, who writes under the name D.V. Bishop has spent years researching, imagining and finally bringing this historical thriller to the page, introducing us to his main character Cesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city’s most feared criminal court.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Literature and Writing
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://play.acast.com/s/crime-fiction-friday/murderinvestigationinrenaissanceflorence-d.v.bishop

Guest on The Doctor Will See You Now YouTube channel
2021

Description The Doctor Will See You Now interviews crime writers about their books and their craft. In this interview Dr Noir talks with David Bishop about his fabulous historical crime novel City of Vengeance, set in Florence and featuring Cesare Aldo.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Literature and Writing
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://youtu.be/7owiVmRBwis

Guest on the Page One Podcast, Season 7 Episode 5
2021

Description D. V. Bishop is the author of the Cesare Aldo mysteries set in Renaissance Florence, and published by Pan Macmillan. Before his debut as an author, David had a varied career, from journalism to editing some of the UK's biggest comics at Judge Dredd The Megazine and 2000AD, before becoming an award-winning screenwriter and TV dramatist. City of Vengeance won the Pitch Perfect competition at the Bloody Scotland crime fiction festival in 2018, and he was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship by the Scottish Book Trust while writing the novel.

We had great fun learning about David's journey, hearing about how he landed the editor job at 2000AD, and talk in detail about why has wanted to write City of Vengeance for twenty years. As David is also the head of Creative Writing at Napier University, we also get some great tips on writing (use all five senses!), talk about plotting vs pantsing, and much more!
Research Areas Pedagogy
Literature
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Literature and Writing
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://www.writegear.co.uk/podcast/s7-e5-dv-bishop

Shortlisted for Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Award 2021 - 'City of Vengeance'
2021

Description The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize celebrates adventure fiction is all its forms. It is open to authors of any nationality, writing in English. The 2021 award recognises the best adventure fiction published between 1st May 2020 and 30th April 2021. Entries were received from across the world, including Australia, Canada, Ghana, Ireland, South Africa, India, New Zealand and the UK. Selected from these entries by a panel of librarians and library staff, the longlist appreciates that adventure readers come from all walks of life, ages and nationalities, whilst recognising the writers responsible for creating these wonderful works. The winner of the Best Published Novel prize be revealed on 8th September 2021.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Literature and Writing
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/index.php/awards/best-published-novel-2019/2021-shortlist

Guest on Words and Nerds podcast
2021

Description Words and Nerds Podcast is an entertaining and conversational podcast that aims to get inside a writer's mind. We discuss books, the social and political influences of a writer's work and how literature has the power to change the world.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Literature and Writing
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/words-and-nerds-authors-books-and-literature/id1303440513?i=1000526047968